1973 Gaja Barbaresco

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.8 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Buick455's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/24/2023 - Buick455 wrote: 93 Points

  This was fun. My wife turned 50, so this was appropriate. Slow ox for 8 hours after being upright all night. Age showing on edge. Medium brick red color, more dark than anticipated. Very pleasent. Good balance. Long finish.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View tinybubbles's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/12/2020 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Required an hour to open but showed great depth and a very savory character for the vintage.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Kemo Sabe's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/1/2018 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 92 Points

  From 3.78L bottle. Was hard to know exactly what to do here. Opened this monster and tasted a small glass. Was frankly awful. An hour in it had blown off a lot of funk and was rich with some good red and black berries, earth, ash and charcoal. Ended up drinking the bottle about 3-4 hours later and it held up well. Not a great year and very pleased with how this turned out.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View BradKNYC's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/22/2013 - BradKNYC wrote:

  Thankfully, Leo is doing much better at age 40 than this magnum is, as it's a shot bottle. Completely maderized. NR.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View noppakit s.'s profile
  • Report Issue

  3/31/2008 - noppakit s. wrote: 91 Points

  Tested 30.03.2008 on my brother's 35th birthday. This bottle is perfect condition from Japan. Thanks to R'Nij for bringing us this bottle.
  
  Clear orange colour, Clean red fruit like a fine old Burgundy, lovely nose. Medium-bodied, too old but still enjoyable with a dry and long long finished.
  
  Getting more body and fruit with time. Hints of smoke after 2 hours.... I love this old Gaja....
  
  Drink now ( decline )
  
  ps. IMO, for Gaja's top wines and good vintages should be drunk atleast 20 years after released.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.